Spring-saddle



(No Model.)

A. H. QUINTERO.

SPRING SADDLE. No. 359,176. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SPRING-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,176, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed December 18, 1886. Serial No. 222,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I ANTONIO HIDALGO QUINTERO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofSa'n Antonio, in the county of BeX-ar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is an end view of my spring-saddle, dotted lines indicating the contour of a horses back. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section on linea: a, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the plates with only the springs attached thereto.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

My invention has relation to spring-saddles; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts constituting the same, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letters, A represents an ordinary saddle with saddle-tree B and stirrup-straps G. I convert such a saddle into a spring-saddle by attaching under and to each lateral half of the saddle-tree a pair of spiral springs, D. Each pair of springs is secured to a metallic plate. E, which is perforated about its edge to afford means for padding its under side. A notch.

F, and a slit, G, are formed in the middle of one edge of the plates to afford passages for the stirrup-straps, which aid in keeping the plates in place upon the horse. The springs are rigidly attached, one to each end of each of the two plates. They have a screw-thread out upon their upper ends, and have a short coil or shoulder formed thereon just below the threaded portion. These ends pass up through holes in thesaddle'tree, and have nuts H turned onto them, thus clamping the saddle-tree between said shoulder and nuts, thereby holding the. springs firmly to the saddle. The plates are of about the same length as the saddle, and wide enough to afford bearing-surfaces for the bases of the springs, being at the same time of sufficient size to distribute the weight of the rider over as large a surface as would the saddle if resting directly upon the horse without the interposed springs.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim- The combination, with the saddle-tree, the spiral springs secured in pairs under the lateral halves of the saddle-tree, and the stirrupstraps, of the metallic plates each provided with a series of holes about its edge for securing padding thereto, and with a notch and a slit at the middle of one side for the passage of the stirrupstraps, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTONIO lllllALGO QUIN'IERO.

Witnesses:

M. G. ANDERSON, J NO. 0. CRAWFORD. 

